Actually the Israels were held up by the Lebanese resistance led by Hezbollah who turned their border villages into strongholds where the Israeli soldiers had to fight for every house.The surrounding hills were also occupied and it meant that the Israeli got ambushed with RPG s and anti tank missiles,snipers and landmines.

Almost all the villages were gutted by Israeli shell fire ,tank round and machine gun bullets.The devastation has been immense but the Israelis lost tanks,armoured bulldozers and men.They will try again but I dont think the ground war will resume in the immediate future.More likely the Israelis will continue tio destroy the civilian targets mentioned in the Amnesty Report issued today.
hugo